Central Park Garden Concert

Event Information

Venue(s):
Central Park Garden

Conductor(s):
Theodore Thomas [see also Thomas Orchestra]

Price: $.50; $1-2, private box

Event Type:
Orchestral

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
13 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 Jun 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Thomas Orchestra;  C. [trombonist] Cappa
2)
Marche héroïque, op. 34
aka Marche heroique ; Heroic march
Composer(s): Saint-Saëns
3)
Egmont, [incidental music]. Overture
aka Egmont overture; Goethe's Egmont
Composer(s): Beethoven
4)
Sommernachtstraum, Ein, notturno
aka nocturne ; notturino;
Composer(s): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
5)
Illustrationen, op. 331
Composer(s): Strauss
6)
Saltarello
Composer(s): Gounod
7)
Dramatische Phantasie, op. 166
aka Dramatic fantasy
Composer(s): Hiller
8)
"Pietà, Signore, di me dolente"
aka Have mercy, oh God; Church aria; Pity, O Saviour; Aria di chiesa; Preghiera; Air d'eglise (1667)
Composer(s): Fétis
Participants:  C. [trombonist] Cappa
9)
Rhapsodie hongroise, piano, no. 2
Composer(s): Liszt
10)
Semiramide, overture
Composer(s): Rossini
11)
Souvenir de Maria Thérèse
aka Souvenir de Maria Therese
Composer(s): Neustedt
12)
Bei uns z’Haus
aka At home
Composer(s): Strauss
13)
Tannhäuser, "Freudig begrüssen wir die edle Halle," Allegro
aka March; Fest march; Festmarsch; Grand march; Tannhauser. Freudig begrussen wir die edle Halle. Allegro
Composer(s): Wagner

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 02 June 1874, 8.

Includes program. 

2)
Review: New York Post, 03 June 1874, 3.

“The summer concerts at the Central Park Garden are more popular than ever, and as the theatres close and the warm weather intensifies, they will be the most timely entertainments of the season. The programmes are varied every night, and are always attractive.”